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By:AAKeough
H.C.R.ANo.A26
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS,
The
Tenth
Amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
the
powers
not
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United
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delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited
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by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to
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the people"; and
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States
WHEREAS,
of
The
America
Tenth
reads
as
Amendment
follows:
defines
"The
the
total
scope
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federal
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Constitution of the United States of America and no more; and
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power
as
being
that
specifically
granted
by
of
the
WHEREAS, The scope of power as defined by the Tenth Amendment
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means
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specifically to be an agent of the states; and
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that
the
federal
government
was
created
by
the
states
WHEREAS, Today, in 2017, the states are conversely treated as
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agents
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directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of
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the United States of America; and
of
the
federal
government,
and
many
federal
laws
are
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WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of
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the United States of America, and each sovereign state in the Union
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of
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government may not usurp; and
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States,
now
WHEREAS,
have,
and
Section
4,
have
always
Article
had,
IV,
of
rights
the
the
United
federal
States
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Constitution says, in part, "The United States shall guarantee to
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every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government," and the
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Ninth Amendment states, "The enumeration in the Constitution, of
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certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others
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retained by the people"; and
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WHEREAS, Actions taken by previous presidents and by Congress
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may
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America; now, therefore, be it
further
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violate
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States
of
RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas
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hereby
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Constitution of the United States of America over all powers not
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otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the
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Constitution of the United States of America; and, be it further
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claim
sovereignty
under
the
Tenth
Amendment
to
the
RESOLVED, That this serve as notice and demand to the federal
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government,
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immediately,
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constitutionally delegated powers; and, be it further
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as
our
mandates
RESOLVED,
That
agent,
to
that
all
are
cease
and
beyond
compulsory
desist,
the
federal
scope
effective
of
these
legislation
or
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executive action that directs states to comply under threat of
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civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or that requires states to
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pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed;
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and, be it further
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
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copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
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the
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Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all members
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of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this
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resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a
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memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.
president
of
the
Senate
and
2
the
speaker
of
the
House
of